Gelli plate printing is probably one of my favourite art-making methods. There aren’t too many supplies needed and it’s just a lot of fun to play around with. If you’re not familiar with gelli plate techniques or gelli plate printing, let me fill you in! Gelli plates are a squishy flat rectangle made of super super…

One of my favourite ways to cheer up or send some love to a family or friend is to write a letter! It’s so fun getting a handwritten lettering the mailbox especially when it’s sent in a fun mail art envelope! Getting a cheerful letter in a pretty mail art envelope would certainly bring a smile…

Today kicks off the Summer Blog Hop with a Twist with the Roben-Marie Smith Design Team. We have the usual art inspiration and giveaways, but the twist is that there is also a SALE! AND, there is another twist; Roben-Marie will be closing Paperbag Studios and her Art Shop at the end of July. Read…

Now that summer is here and we are spending more time outside, it was time to update my old patio set. I got this patio set about 8 years ago when my husband and I were first married. We bought it from a golf course then came home & spray painted it baby blue. It…

Hello friends! I’m here to share another acrylic paint pouring tutorial. Not another from my site, but another among the many on the web. Acrylic paint pouring has been on my “to try” list for almost a year, but I hadn’t gotten around to it. Then I found out that DecoArt was releasing their Pouring…

Rock painting is such a fun & easy craft to do. I’ve been painting on rocks that I find for years now. Back when I started Fox + Hazel, I was selling art prints and hand-lettered painted rocks at local markets. You probably see them show up in photos here on the blog – painted…

Mother’s Day is coming up and I know you’re probably wondering if you should make your mom a card. The answer is yes. You can do it! In this step-by-step watercolor tutorial I’m going to show you how easily you can make a really cute Mother’s Day card. Plus, how many brownie points are you…

With 2018 just around the corner, I decided to create my own DIY calendar design for the new year. I have been waiting nearly all year for this project! The idea came to me in the summer, when it was too late in the year to start. So I knew that I had to make…

If I didn’t already have enough going on this month, I also decided to do Inktober for the first time. It’s an artistic challenge of creating in ink for every day in the month of October. The past two years I have seen it come and go and wished I’d made the time for it.…

Last month I had the most perfect meet up with Lauren, the travelling artistic wonder of Lauren Likes and 1/2 of the awesome art journaling community, Get Messy Art Journal! She was in my part of the world with her husband and parents, off on a Canadian adventure. Luckily we were able to grab dinner with them…